US lumber: Post-bubble prices under further pressure
US lumber futures continued to fall over the past few months as weakening housing markets in major economies amid rising [...]
November 16, 2022
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U.S. lumber prices could rise again
U.S. softwood lumber futures dropped 72.7% from the March 2022 high to the September 2022 low. The six [...]
October 19, 2022
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U.S. sawmills produce more softwood lumber, while Canadian output drops
U.S. sawmills in July produced 3.105 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber, up [...]
October 19, 2022
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US lumber prices fall to around pre-pandemic levels
US lumber prices have fallen to their lowest level in more than two years, bringing two-by-fours back to [...]
October 3, 2022
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US lumber prices fell 10% after the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates
US lumber prices extended their 2-day decline to 10% after the Fed hiked interest rates by 75 [...]
September 27, 2022
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US hardwood flooring tackles supply chain issues and labor shortages
Last year, the U.S. hardwood industry posted its first year of revenue gains since 2016, buoyed by elevated housing [...]
September 22, 2022
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US timber industry claims that Canadian softwood producers receive climate subsidies
A group led by the US Lumber Coalition has unleashed a new stage in a long-running trade dispute, claiming [...]
September 19, 2022
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Wood pellet producers in U.S. urge consumers to stock up
Wood pellet manufacturers in U.S. are urging the owners of wood pellet heating appliances to [...]
August 31, 2022
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Use of CLT expected to rise in U.S.
Developed in Germany and Austria roughly 30 years ago, cross-laminated timber (CLT) has been used [...]
August 31, 2022
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US DoC rules Vietnam circumvented hardwood plywood duties
The Department of Commerce has ruled that hardwood plywood assembled and exported from Vietnam used Chinese [...]
August 17, 2022
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